Robert J. MacDonald - Flint, MI

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • Thomas M. Cooley Law School, Lansing, Michigan, 1996
    J.D.

• Non Legal Education

  • University of Notre Dame, 1990
    B.A.

Current Employment Position(s)

• Attorney

Past Positions

• Genesee County Circuit Court, 1996, Law Clerk
• Professor John Brennan, 1995-1996, Law Clerk

Classes and Seminars

• Workers' Compensation Classes, UAW Locals in Region 1C
  
• Workers' Compensation Law, Lorman Education Services
  
• General Motors' Improper Coordination of Workers' Compensation Benefits, Michigan Association for Justice, 2009
  
• Michigan Workers' Compensation: State of the Law, Michigan Association for Justice, 2011
  
• HB 5002 as Amended by the Senate, Michigan Association for Justice, 2012
  
• Identifying the Workers' Comp Cases in Your Office, Michigan Association for Justice, 2013

Pro Bono Activities

• Treasurer, Flint Public Library, 2004 - 2010
• President, Flint Public Library, 2010 - 2011

Published Works

Articles

• "Workers' Compensation Cases" in Michigan Basic Practice Handbook, Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 2006-present.
  
• Workers' Compensation in Michigan: Law and Practice, with Co-Authors, Edward M. Welch, Jr. and Daryl C. Royal., Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 2020-present.
  

Bar Admissions

• Michigan, 1996
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan, 1997
• U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 1999
• U.S. District Court Western District of Michigan, 2011

Other Affiliations

• State Bar of Michigan, Section on Worker's Compensation
• State Bar of Michigan, Section on Social Security Disability
• State Bar of Michigan, Section on Negligence
• State Bar of Michigan, Section on Labor and Employment Law
• Michigan Association for Justice (Executive Board & Workers' Compensation Committee)
• American Association for Justice
• National Organization of Social Security Claimants' Representatives
• Genesee County Bar Association
• Workers' Injury Law & Advocacy Group (Board of Directors)